I think it would have been a bit cleaner if I’d used a different glue than superglue, and if the Mabett pods weren’t painted (the OE pods are molded in color). When I tried to clean the excess glue off, the paint came with it.
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You could always spray paint the cover, but no one notices this except for you. Trust.I think it would have been a bit cleaner if I’d used a different glue than superglue, and if the Mabett pods weren’t painted (the OE pods are molded in color). When I tried to clean the excess glue off, the paint came with it.
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Installed the remaining Hetz speakers in the front with 300hz bass blockers. I think I’m all set now. Just 5 speakers swapped.
Hertz DCX-1003 in front and rear, Center PRV woofer, the rest stock OEM B&O.
The cut out I had before in the rear is gone. Maybe due to poor insulation on my test harness.
Hertz DCX-1003 in front and rear, Center PRV woofer, the rest stock OEM B&O.
The cut out I had before in the rear is gone. Maybe due to poor insulation on my test harness.
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Insert trim piece here to start, then move along sides. The lip you don’t want to crush ends just a little bit after 2.25” from edge. I made the mistake assuming that opening was in the same location on both sides.
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Bass Blocker on the center?
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Yes I did 300hz same as the fronts
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Did you have an 4" speaker since you replaced an odd number (5): 2 fronts, 2 rear pods, 1 center? Which 4" speakers did you use?
I replaced all the 4"
I used Hertz DCX100.3 for fronts and rears, and a Polk DB402 in the centre
I'm not sure a good idea to mix, but that's how I ended up
recommend either, both are upgrades over the b&o and high sensitivity, much better range and quality
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Thanks. Were you able to order just one of the Polk speakers for the center, or do you have one left over?
Did the new speakers require any special connections or mounting brackets, or were they plug-n-play? (Sorry, I'm trying to determine if I can do this myself without missing something)
Bass blockers work as a High-Pass Frequency filter, right? So a 300Hz blocker allows for all frequencies above 300Hz only? Did you feel like the Hertz 4" speakers and PRV 4" center had too much boominess? I prefer to listen to a completely flat equalization so I'm wondering if I could just completely skip the bass blockers. If you were getting boomy or muddy results I think I may stuff some polyfil in the cavities instead of bass blockers to counteract that. I'm of the mind that if I want more bass, I just turn the volume up and maybe knock the treble down a notch or two.
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yes, I filled all cavities up with Poly. From what I could hear in testing with and out blockers side by side, the stereo did little to filter out the sharpness of the Hertz speakers. My suggestion would be test it for yourself and compare.
There are quite a few threads on here talking about this and the consensus seems to be the 300Hz blocker with the hertz 100.3 speakers are the best bang for buck esp. since the speakers are so small and the bass blockers are fairly cheap.
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you have to order in pairs, so had one left over
they are pretty easy to swap, with crutchfield they can provide the additional wiring harness and I going from memory think just had to trim off two tabs on the speaker
but very simple install, just be careful with removing the covers as the tabs are easy to break, proper polarity and a good idea to add some dynamat or poly to improve acoustics when you replace
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